Vi is a high mobility, fun bruiser, she has a very high burst due to her AD scaling, long range initiation ultimate as well as her Denting Blows health % and auto-attack resets. She functions as a jungler or top laner who specialises in 1v1s and bursting.

Marks

Seals

Glyphs

Quintessences

Masteries

This guide features masteries from Season 3, please ask the author to update their guide to Season 4.

21-9-0

Vi's high damage output benefits from 21-9-0 due to the high damage, armour penetration, executioner. and tower pushing abilities. 9 Points in Defense for health and durability.

Summoner Spell

Flash

Ignite

Flash

Vi's ultimate and vault breaker can be effectively used with Flash, Flash allows her to get in range for a sneak ultimate over a wall, or to land her Vault Breaker on a target.

Ignite

Her high damage and dueling output is accentuated by Ignite's damage.

Skill Order

QVault Breaker

WDenting Blows

EExcessive Force

RAssault and Battery

Q

E

W

Q

Q

R

Q

E

Q

E

R

E

E

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W

R

W

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Vault Breaker

Maxxed first, the high damage, low cooldown of this skill as well as the application of your Denting Blows makes it imperative to max and take first.

Denting Blows

Maxxed last, the third hit proc gives high damage and attack speed, taken at level 3.

Excessive Force

Maxxed second, taken at level 2, auto-attack reset, high damage.

Assault & Battery

Taken at 6, 11 and 16, high damage long-range initiating tool, Vi is immune to CC (except death) during the cast.

Items

Starting Items

Rejuvenation Bead

Rejuvenation Bead

Health Potion

x3

Doran's Shield

Health Potion

2 Rejuvenation Beads + 3 HP Potions:

The early sustain and regeneration helps you in lane, builds into your Tiamat.

Doran's Shield + 1 HP Potion:

Good for early health and sustain, helps in lane.

Core Build

Boots of Speed

Vampiric Scepter

Bilgewater Cutlass

Blade of the Ruined King

Phage

Giant's Belt

Doran's Blade

Vi's core build relies around high damage and attack speed, synergising with her ratios and Denting Blows. Your first core item should be aBlade of the Ruined King or a Trinity Force, BORK is really powerful with her Denting Blows due to the % health shred. You should focus on getting a Vampiric Scepter or Double Doran's if you're having a tough lane. Phage is a good item to get after BORK for the movement speed boost and damage

Full Game Build

Mercury's Treads

Blade of the Ruined King

Ravenous Hydra (Melee Only)

Last Whisper

The Black Cleaver

Sunfire Cape

Trinity Force

Vi's lategame build should be centred around high damage and bursting down carries. Having high penetration from Last Whisper + Black Cleaver will deal with any armour issues with your Denting Blows on top of that. High damage and speed from Blade of the Ruined King + Trinity Force will let you chase down carries, and a defensive item like Sunfire Cape to give you extra durability against the carries you want to kill. Ravenous Hydra is built for split pushing if you don't want to get Blade.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Strong 1v1er

Great at nuking carries

High damage

Good at laning

Fast pusher

% Health and Armour Shred skills

Cons

Ultimate can backfire through dashes/flashes making you go too deep

All physical

Relies on nuking carries, without a frontline she's a big target

Counterpicks - Anti-Duelists / Lane Bullies

Vladimir: His pool can be used during your ultimate, making your ultimate go on cooldown and having no effect, his sustain and poke is a pain.

Darius: Strong early, can burst you 1v1 with his true damage and high damage skills, your damage won't out class his.

Jax: His counter-strike can dodge all of your autoattacks and Denting Blow procs, he also is a better duelist.

Teemo: Can blind you as well as poke you in lane from CS, you can nuke him at high levels but he'll get far ahead without help.

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